Adjustable lens board for cameras



March 9 1926. 1,575,836 c. E. HUTCHINGS ADJUSTABLE 4LENS BOARD FOR CAMERAS Filed April 14, 1924 Charles .fl TT ORN E K5.

crmmxsii.k nuzrcnrnesaor noHnsT-Eit, Nnw xonxQssI-enon 'no iiAsrnANxonAx COMPANY; or l,1rocrmszrrm, Nnwyonx, A .conroiaAm-IQN. orv NEWYQRK. l A 1 To* azzfahbm' a Beitjlinownfthat 'LCHARLES'ESHTCH- "lines, "a 'citizen` fof'y the nited States of 1 America, L'residing "at Rochester, in'thecou'nty e l off"Monrolef State fof New" York, rvhave v'inv'e'nted'cer' .in fue."

,and-Inserm improvey meras infAajjips'tabiei Lens! Boards 'fior Cameras', l"of whichitheffollowingis a lfull,

.waehrend ,0f camera objective fpmay"` be4 adjusted angularly; another Objectis-to rprovide a swinging l mount" fori objectives avhich can" be easily attached tofor 'removed=from camerasof the standard types;v another object is Vto provide Aan adjustablelens board whichcan be easily' e ,locked inanyevdesred position; still? another V`objectis to provide an indicator adaptedV to show theamoun-tlof angularlswing to which rthe'lens"board vmay be adjusted, and other fif- .-objects will appear ffromrthe Afollowing specification .the novely 'features being pointed fout inthe-claims A"at the end thereof.

' edv in accordance with andvillustrating one In -thefdr'awing-s wherein `*like reference f Q V characters indicate: like par-ts throughout Fig.1' `isa"front'elevation of a camera carrying an adjustable klens board constructfembOdment of my invention;y Fig. 2 isa side elevationof the adjust-,able

. l.lens .board removed `'from the camera il?? j, Y Fig.'` ,Sj'isfanenlarged' `fragmentary bottom planviewjfof thefastening means for adjust,-

ing the angularrelation of the hinged mem- Vbers; L -v Fig. 4 is e l Langenlargedperspective"view of my adjustable lens boardl with the front lens board moved [at "an angle tothe rear frame; and'YK Fig. 5 is a Yfragmentany detail section yon t while 1i: havek shown an the drawings a camera of the view type itis tobe undery i' stood that this is shown merely by way of- ,z ltypes of cameras?"A ff I illustration, vas` this `type Vof ladjustable lens carrier' i is sui-table .for variety ofl different In Figl the. camera-consists of a basev 1 Pfzwhich carriesa camera front2 inthe yoke f. This cameraffrontjincludesythe usual slidable member ,4'fwhich is apertured at' 5 to Vreceive a frame 6;.' This part isheld on one type l for such cameras.v

yflanges 2() and 21 meneame kBai-ifmifor.;arrears; I

Sie@ bnea-u1thmaa1strip 7 and on uw other; side fis retained by a sliding barg8 which'inay befnioved upon the studs 9* which; pass through angularly disposed 'slots'k 10i f'Sofar the `construction. described is 'of mensual "The objective '11is' 'carried' upon la lens Y lboard lby"means"of theflange v12.v l This flens-board fits into frame 14 'beingheldf "'fon one* side rby thev metal strip g15 -and'on the Vother side by-la slidablefm'etalstrp 16. j' "Strip v16 slides'-"upon" the-screws'l' which pass through' the`= angularlyldis-po'sed slotsv 18; A,

handle '19 is provided for vconvenience in operating this member. Frame 14 is spaced from frame 6V by meansy of a-pair of anges,y

20 carried bypart 14 and. 21'carried by the frame 6. These flanges are hinged together 'I at the top by a stud 22 and vat the bottom by fa second stud 23. This .construction permits the `frames to be angularly adj usted withre` spect to each other; ,A bellows 24 forms ca' light tight` flexible wall 'between these two i frames.

In. order to fastenthes'e'frames in the des f sired position I provide 'a thumb sc1'ew25.V

which bears againstawasher 26 lying upon flange'20. Flange 21 carries a screw 27 which passes through an arcuate jslot 28 in `plate 20 and upon which the thumb nu-t25 screws. When `the 'nutf isf tightened the contact.

vOn one flange 2() thereis a turned-up lug 30 lWhich'passes through anarcuate slot 31 in flange 21.r This'lpolnter moves, across a scale-32 upon which it indicates the'angular relation ofthe twoframes.V As the frame Gf is preferably square ythis adjustable lens carrier can be placed inthe aperture 5L of the camerajfront 4 in position to use the angular adjustment in a vertical or horizontal direction so that thisdevice may be used tol inare frictionally held in" 1.-An adjustable lens board forcameras j including a pair of vspaced frames, each rame'having side flanges extending toward each othery and pivoted together at their center yportions, "anda flexible wall extending between the two frames. Y e

*2. An adjustable lens Vboard for cai'neras 

